Dr John Whitman Ray

Environmental Toxicity

1. I have had the pleasure of testing several hundred patients and students
in my field of Body Electronics with the Jerome Mercury Vapour Analyser.
I have found only two people in all my testing who have not evidenced a
continual toxic exposure to mercury vapour emanating from silver amalgam
dental fillings under normal chewing compression. The amount of mercury
vapour emitted under normal chewing compression exceeded in ten seconds
what the maximum allowable mercury exposure would be in industry in a 40
hour work week as is indicated by both Russian and USA standards. This
amount of exposure to mercury vapour is totally unacceptable to the
scientific mind.

2. Dentists have been educated to believe that once mercury has been
combined into the filling material, it remains “locked in” and cannot
come out. The sad fact is that there is absolutely no scientific
research in existence to support this hypothesis. To the contrary, all
evidence indicates that silver amalgam containing approximately 50%
mercury is a source of extreme toxic elemental mercury affecting the
health of the human body.

3. Evidence now demonstrates that surface particles of the amalgam filling
material are being chemically broken down and released into the oral
cavity. These minute particles of mercury filling are acted upon by oral
and intestinal bacteria to produce methyl mercury, an even more toxic
form of mercury than elemental mercury with target areas being primarily
the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and the brain.

4. It has been demonstrated that dissimilar metals in the mouth can also
contribute to electrical activity and corrosion (much like a battery)
and can result in unexplained pain, ulcerations, inflammation and
disruption of corresponding meridians in the body. This may result in a
wide range of unexplained symptoms and disease.

5. The presence of mercury in dental amalgam fillings has been shown
conclusively to adversely affect the body's immune response. It has been
shown that after amalgam removal the red and white blood cell levels
tend to seek normal range with a corresponding increase in the body’s
immune response as evidenced by T-lymphocyte count increase.

6. Research has indicated that mercury is the single most toxic metal that
has been investigated, even more toxic than lead, cadmium or arsenic.

7. The International Conference on Biocompatibility of Materials was held
in November 1988 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Many of the world
authorities on mercury and mercury toxicity met to discuss the issue of
dental amalgam and other materials used in dentistry. Their official
conclusion was drafted and signed, which read: “Based on the known toxic
potential of mercury and its documented release from dental amalgams,
usage of mercury containing amalgam increases the health risk of the
patients, the dentists, and the dental personnel.”

8. Autopsy studies from Sweden and Germany show a positive statistical
correlation between the number of occlusal surfaces of dental amalgam
and mercury levels in the brain and kidney cortex. It would be wise to
point out that both elemental mercury and organic methyl mercury were
found in brain tissue upon autopsy.

9. Dr David Eggleston of the University of California, found a
T-lymphocyte count of 47% (ideal levels are between 70% and 80%) in
patients with silver amalgam fillings. After removal of the amalgams the
T-lymphocyte rose to 73%.

10. Multiple sclerosis patients have been found to have 8 times higher
levels of mercury in the cerebrospinal fluid compared to neurologically
healthy controls. Inorganic mercury is capable of producing symptoms
which are indistinguishable from those of multiple sclerosis.

11. It is the responsibility of every dentist and doctor to inform and
educate their patients to the effect that:

Mercury is contained in most dental filling material and all
silver amalgam material.

Mercury in fillings can have toxic effects on some persons.
Manifestations of the disease of mercury poisoning only start to become
apparent three to ten years after the insertion of the mercury.

There are alternative materials that could be used for dental
fillings that could have less or no after effects on the individual.

The patient has the right to insist that an alternative material
be used.

The freedom of individual choice in health care shall be
inherently respected and preserved as an individual right and
responsibility of free men everywhere.

12. One must remember that the diagnosis of mercury intoxication is
extremely difficult to ascertain because of the insidious nature of the
onset of symptoms and because of most
physicians' unfamiliarity or misinformation concerning proper testing techniques. Unfortunately,
mercury is so toxic to the human organism that there can be cell death
or irreversible chemical damage long before clinically observable
symptoms appear indicating that something is wrong. Since organic
mercury in some body tissues (e.g. brain) has a half life of over 25
years (i.e. it takes that body 25 years to get rid of 1/2 of a single
dose of mercury under normal circumstances) it is only a matter of time and
degree of exposure until some form of symptomology appears. With all
this in mind we cannot fool with mercury toxicity or delay the “safe” removal of silver amalgam fillings by the hands of a knowledgeable and
responsible dentist.

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the next party. Our health collectively is dependent upon this type of
information or else we succumb to disinformation.

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